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Professional nurses’ attitudes and perceptions towards mentally ill in an associated psychiatric hospital
(African Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (AFAHPER-SD), 2014)
Research indicates that professional nurses with additional training in mental health nursing demonstrate more positive attitudes and perceptions towards mentally ill patients compared to those with less training. The aim ...
Environmental and nursing-staff factors contributing to aggressive and violent behaviour of patients in mental health facilities
(Aosis openJournals, 2014)
BACKGROUND: Aggressive and violent behaviour of inpatients in mental health facilities
disrupts the therapeutic alliance and hampers treatment.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to describe patients’ perceptions of ...
Prior expectations of leadership programme attendees and their subsequent reflections on completion thereof
(Unisa press, 2014)
This article describes the reflections of nursing academics on their personal expectations
prior to commencement of a leadership programme and their subsequent reflections on
completion of this introduction to the ...
Pursuing a corporate understanding of service-learning in nursing education: a case study
(Unisa press, 2014)
A corporate definition of service-learning (SL) could help to mainstream SL in higher
education institutions (HEIs). Concepts like ‘service-learning’, ‘community engagement’ and ‘community service’ tend to be used ...
Intimate partner violence amongst undergraduate nursing students
(Unisa press, 2014)
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is reported to be rife among the student population at
tertiary institutions and the general population. Yet the abuse is under diagnosed by nurses
in health care settings. Research ...
Evaluating blogging as a reflective strategy in a service-learning module for undergraduate nursing students
(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2014)
Literature suggests that blogging has the potential to be a transformational technology for teaching and learning. It is claimed that blogging is a useful practice for development of higher-order learning skills, active, ...
Critical success factors for institutionalising service-learning in a nursing programme at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2014)
Scholars in the fields of community engagement contend that the service-learning (SL) policy implementation in higher education is more likely to be successful when there is a strong institutional commitment and the policy ...